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The Dirty Life: A Memoir of Farming, Food, and Love by Kimball, Kristin
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- Condition
- Good
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- Binding
- Paperback
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- ISBN
- 9781416551614
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Scribner
ISBN-10
1416551611
ISBN-13
9781416551614
eBay Product ID (ePID)
99509866
Product Key Features
Book Title
Dirty Life : a Memoir of Farming, Food, and Love
Number of Pages
304 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Women, Agriculture / Organic, Personal Memoirs, General, Agriculture / General, Agriculture & Food (See Also Political Science / Public Policy / Agriculture & Food Policy), Customs & Traditions, Sociology / Rural
Publication Year
2011
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Technology & Engineering, Social Science, Biography & Autobiography
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
1 in
Item Weight
9.3 Oz
Item Length
8 in
Item Width
5.2 in
Additional Product Features
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Trade
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"Kimball is a graceful, luminous writer with an eye for detail . . . How lucky we are to be able to step into that world with no sweat. I wished for a hundred pages more." -- Minneapolis Star Tribune, "The truest, most hilarious, and most affirming story of a beginning farmer that you could possibly find." -- Barbara Damrosch, The Washington Post, "Kimball is a graceful, luminous writer with an eye for detail... How lucky we are to be able to step into that world with no sweat. I wished for a hundred pages more." --Minneapolis Star Tribune, "As Kimball chronicles that first year in supple prose, the farm takes on vivid form, with the frustrations balancing the satisfactions and the dark complementing the light. Throughout the book, the author ably describes the various trials and tribulations involved... A hearty, chromatic account of a meaningful accomplishment in farming."--Kirkus Reviews, "In her beguiling memoir, Kimball describes the complex truth about the simple life in prose that is observant and lyrical, yet tempered by a farmerrs"s lack of sentimentality."--Elle Magazine, " The Dirty Life is a delightful, tumultuous, and tender story of the author's love affair with the man who becomes her husband and the farm they work together to restore. With wisdom and humor, Kristin Kimball describes how she abandoned her career in New York City, leaving behind everything she thought was important for a hard, distinctly unglamorous existence that turns out to be the most fulfilling thing she's ever done." -- JEANNETTE WALLS, author of Half Broke Horses and The Glass Castle, "The Dirty Lifeis a wonderfully told tale of one of the most interesting farms in the country. If you want to understand the heart and soul of the new/old movement towards local food, this is the book you need. It's the voice of what comes next in this land, of the generation unleashed by Wendell Berry to do something really grand." ?--Bill McKibben, authorEaarth: Making a Life on a Tough New Planet, "Kimball writes in vivid but unsentimental language, equal parts dirt and poetry." -- Burlington Free Press, " The Dirty Life is a delightful, tumultuous, and tender story of the author's love affair with the man who becomes her husband and the farm they work together to restore. With wisdom and humor, Kristin Kimball describes how she abandoned her career in New York City, leaving behind everything she thought was important for a hard, distinctly unglamorous existence that turns out to be the most fulfilling thing she's ever done." -- Jeannette Walls, author of Half Broke Horses and The Glass Castle, "The Dirty Lifeis a delightful, tumultuous, and tender story of the author's love affair with the man who becomes her husband and the farm they work together to restore. With wisdom and humor, Kristin Kimball describes how she abandoned her career in New York City, leaving behind everything she thought was important for a hard, distinctly unglamorous existence that turns out to be the most fulfilling thing she's ever done."--JEANNETTE WALLS, author ofHalf Broke HorsesandThe Glass Castle, "In her beguiling memoir, Kimball describes the complex truth about the simple life in prose that is observant and lyrical, yet tempered by a farmer's lack of sentimentality." -- Elle Magazine, "As Kimball chronicles that first year in supple prose, the farm takes on vivid form, with the frustrations balancing the satisfactions and the dark complementing the light. Throughout the book, the author ably describes the various trials and tribulations involved... A hearty, chromatic account of a meaningful accomplishment in farming." -- Kirkus Reviews, “ The Dirty Life is a delightful, tumultuous, and tender story of the author's love affair with the man who becomes her husband and the farm they work together to restore. With wisdom and humor, Kristin Kimball describes how she abandoned her career in New York City, leaving behind everything she thought was important for a hard, distinctly unglamorous existence that turns out to be the most fulfilling thing she’s ever done.� -- JEANNETTE WALLS, author of Half Broke Horses and The Glass Castle, " The Dirty Life is a wonderfully told tale of one of the most interesting farms in the country. If you want to understand the heart and soul of the new/old movement towards local food, this is the book you need. It's the voice of what comes next in this land, of the generation unleashed by Wendell Berry to do something really grand." -- Bill McKibben, author Eaarth: Making a Life on a Tough New Planet, "In her beguiling memoir, Kimball describes the complex truth about the simple life in prose that is observant and lyrical, yet tempered by a farmer’s lack of sentimentality." -- Elle Magazine, "Kimball writes in vivid but unsentimental language, equal parts dirt and poetry." --Burlington Free Press, “ The Dirty Life is a wonderfully told tale of one of the most interesting farms in the country. If you want to understand the heart and soul of the new/old movement towards local food, this is the book you need. It's the voice of what comes next in this land, of the generation unleashed by Wendell Berry to do something really grand.� -- Bill McKibben , author Eaarth: Making a Life on a Tough New Planet, " The Dirty Life is a wonderfully told tale of one of the most interesting farms in the country. If you want to understand the heart and soul of the new/old movement towards local food, this is the book you need. It's the voice of what comes next in this land, of the generation unleashed by Wendell Berry to do something really grand." -- Bill McKibben , author Eaarth: Making a Life on a Tough New Planet, "Kimball is a graceful, luminous writer with an eye for detail... How lucky we are to be able to step into that world with no sweat. I wished for a hundred pages more." -- Minneapolis Star Tribune
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From a "graceful, luminous writer with an eye for detail" ( Minneapolis Star Tribune ), this riveting memoir explores a year on a sustainable farm. When Kristin Kimball left New York City to interview a dynamic young farmer named Mark, her world changed. On an impulse, she shed her city self and started a new farm with him on five hundred acres near Lake Champlain. The Dirty Life is the captivating chronicle of the couple's first year on Essex Farm, from the cold North Country winter through their harvest-season wedding in the loft of the barn. Kristin and Mark's plan to grow everything needed to feed a community was an ambitious idea, and a bit romantic. It worked. Every Friday evening, all year round, over a hundred people travel to Essex Farm to pick up their weekly share of the "whole diet"--beef, pork, chicken, milk, eggs, maple syrup, grains, flours, dried beans, herbs, fruits, and forty different vegetables--produced by the farm. In The Dirty Life, Kristin discovers the wrenching pleasures of physical work, learns that good food is at the center of a good life, falls deeply in love, and finally finds the engagement and commitment she craved in the form of a man, a small town, and a beautiful piece of land.
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- v***v (2069)- Feedback left by buyer.Past monthVerified purchaseAlthough this book was not as described, with no picture of it in the listing, the seller communicated well and quickly gave me a full refund while letting me keep it. The minimal packaging left the book a bit vulnerable (typical for ThriftBooks), but it did arrive safely and timely. As usual, it’s hit or miss with this seller, but often times you can get great values, and their customer service is always very good. Many other sellers with millions of transactions don’t even communicate.
- 2***j (113)- Feedback left by buyer.Past monthVerified purchaseI've ordered several items from this vendor now and they've always been what they were advertised as. This was no exception. Both discs were in great shape as well as their jewel cases. Delivery is good, packaging is simple but effective for what you're paying and I haven't had any get damaged. Will keep buying from this vendor because of the results so far and good prices, too.